Side agreements finalized on NAFTA amid talks with Canada
U S Mexico and Canada announced side deals to NAFTA covering labor and environment. The accord allows the Clinton administration to submit the full pact to Congress after summer recess and aims to create 200000 American jobs. Canada faces an independent panel for fines while the US and Mexico would face sanctions for non compliance.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Canada
Clinton
Congress
U.S
Mickey Kantor
Treasury
Lloyd Bentsen
Cit Nafta
Kantor
NAFTA
Courthouse security clash deepens in Frederick County
Frederick County commissioners move to hire a private security firm for the courthouse on West Patrick Street, defying Sheriff Carl Harbaugh who refuses to supervise guards he did not hire. Harbaugh calls the plan half measures and says he is not subordinate to the board, while Judge G Edward Dwyer may issue directives. The dispute follows prior budget clashes and public remarks between Harbaugh and commissioners.
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Frederick County
West Patrick Street
Carl Harbaugh
Harbaugh
Sheriff's Office
Sue Ann Yingling
County Police Actors Commissioners
Ronald Sundergill
Sundergill
Plea in arson and fraud tied to bridge fire case
Joseph Michael Perla 29 of Frederick pled guilty to arson and auto fraud for conspiring with McCafferty to set fire to a covered bridge at Loy Station and to report his truck stolen. McCafferty, 77, of Hagerstown, received 20 years with 10 suspended after restitution of 29,460. Bridge remains closed, 16 inch beams charred, repairs underway.
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Rocky Ridge
Freder- Sorsety
Loy’ Station
Joseph Michael Ferla
Oid Freer Road
Creagerstown
Jerry F. Barnes
Frederick County
Barnes
Peria
McCafferty
Hagerstown
Ebby Road
G. Edward Dwyer Jr
Millington
Teton Hol Coeguag Ts Celle
Defrat Erie Insurance Group
Dwyer
Friday the 13th superstition explored across cultures
The article surveys why Friday the 13th inspires fear and fascination. It traces origins from Christian Last Supper to Norse myth, cites insurance studies, notes cultural skips of floor numbering and seating, and discusses beliefs about luck and doom. Continued on Page A-9.
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Loki
Balder
144 Acre Civil War Site Up for Rezoning to Allow Homes
Frederick County Planning Commission recommended rezoning a 144 acre Fox Gap Road tract from conservation to agricultural at the request of Moser Farms Inc. to permit up to 10 homes while preserving battlefield land. Seven members approved the recommendation amid preservation and federal funding discussions.
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Frederick County Planning Commission
Moser Farms Inc
Fox Gap Road
Middletown
Conservatio
South Mountain
Gettysburg
Tokyo
Japan
Planning Commission
Seymour Stern
Joseph Brown III
George Brigham
Central Maryland Heritage League
Kevin Rollins
Mickey Mouse Not Dead Despite Death Notice Prank
Disney officials said Mickey Mouse is alive and well after his name appeared in The Sun's death notice index by error. A Sun employee slipped the entry, prompting hundreds of calls. an apology noted the prank was inappropriate though not malicious.
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Mickey Mouse
Disney
Baltimore
Ken Green
Sun
Mickey
Michael Schultz
Evening Sun
Schultz
Dewitt Bliss
Minnie
Green
Mark Twain
City seeks waiver of dump fees for schools and county buildings
Frederick officials pressed the County Commissioners to waive the $47 per ton dumping fee on about 990 tons of waste collected annually from 14 schools and 12 county buildings. Mayor Paul Gordon proposed continued city trash pickup at no charge if the county drops the fee, noting city costs approximating $45,000 yearly. Commissioners debated budget implications and noted open landfill hours granted to city trucks, while discussing future steps at the next city county meeting.
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Frederick
Paul Gordon
Gordon
Bob Hayes
David Gray
Sabla Semeleome
Sue Ann Yingling
Ronald Sundergill
Frederick Community Center
Human Service Agency
Frederick County
Maryland
Michael Spurrier
Washington County
Action Agency
County Transit System
City Bus
Weather outlook with mild 80s and weekend sun
Mostly cloudy today with highs in the 80s and partly cloudy tonight with lows in the 60s. Saturday brings mostly sunny skies and highs in the 80s before Sunday’s conditions. See weather map on Page.
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Michelle Mittelstadt
Associated Press
Richard Kerns
News-Post
G. Edward Dwyer
By Skip Lawrence
Old Frederick Road
Tricia Fleck
Cactus Flats
Stephanie A. Goldman
Gentlemen's Magazine
Dan Burns
Inside the News
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